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Eating elephants and the assault on our waning wildlife

Eating elephants and the assault on our waning wildlife

By Don Pinnock - Daily Maverick Our relationship with the wild animals on our planet, whose numbers are rapidly declining, is deeply problematic. With the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in session in Colombia this week, it’s time to take stock. There are millions of people who will pay considerable sums just to see wildlife. There are others who are prepared to pay equal amounts to kill it. In between are governments which, though tasked with protecting it, are planning to kill it for food. To say our association with wild creatures is complicated would be an understatement. The two...

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The elephant in the room: Tourism futures in Southern Africa

The elephant in the room: Tourism futures in Southern Africa

By Ross Harvey - ISS Africa Substantive wildlife tourism potential should be producing rapid broad-based development in all southern African countries. Of the world’s remaining African elephants, most reside in east and southern Africa. Botswana hosts the single largest population at roughly 126 637. Zimbabwe follows with an estimated 65 030. Elephants are a keystone species, engineering wild landscapes and providing a bedrock for wildlife tourism growth. For this region, sustainable tourism is vital to future economic and employment growth. In the absence of other growth...

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The Journal of African Elephants was created by a group of concerned journalists, biologists and conservationists, who, after years of tracking and documenting the catastrophic decline of Africa’s elephant populations, have recognised the urgent need for a dedicated English and French news and commentary space to enhance and increase global awareness of the plight of Africa’s savanna and forest elephants. Our Commentary service, in particular, are writers that focus on the need to provide awareness of Africa’s elephants and affected surrounding human communities from a distinctly African perspective that, for the most part, is lacking in the dominance of Western media.